It's that time of the year again- Microsoft has come out with their Wave 1 2024 plan, giving us a list of features planned for release between April to September 2024. These are some of my highlights from the release plan across Power Platform.
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Learn more about Project “Sophia” : AI-powered business research canvas
Project “Sophia” was revealed last week at Microsoft Ignite. With Project Sophia, you can create exploratory journeys and get AI-generated charts and insights from your business data without any manual work.
Power Virtual Agents is now part of Microsoft Copilot Studio
Microsoft Copilot Studio, a conversational AI platform, was revealed at Microsoft Ignite this month. "Power Virtual Agents" is now retired, and has become part of this new product.
Quickly turn your Excel spreadsheets into Dataverse tables and Power Apps
Did you know that you can transform your Excel spreadsheets into fully functional, responsive canvas apps in just a few steps? In Power Apps, you can simply upload your spreadsheet, your data will be turned into a Dataverse table, and your app will be created.
LinkedIn Learning: Course on PL-200 Power Platform certification is now live
Happy to announce that my LinkedIn Learning course on the Microsoft PL-200 exam is available now! This course is designed to provide you a starting point in your exam prep, while getting you up to speed on the important concepts you'll need to know for the Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200) certification.
6 Power Platform copilot and AI features you can try out today
Microsoft has been announcing a range of new AI features available across Power Platform, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365 tools. Copilot for Power Platform is an AI assistant set to transform how you build your apps, bots and flows. It lets you use natural language to describe what you wish to build, then AI will create it for you. Here's what is available to try today.
Create a free developer environment for Power Platform
A developer environment gives you a space to try out Power Platform tools and improve your skills. It’s free, doesn’t expire, and you can access and try premium features such as AI Builder, Dataverse, premium connectors, build model driven apps and Power Pages. By default, other users won’t have access to what you have built in this environment, so it’s a good option for learning and testing things out.
Microsoft have launched “Learning Rooms” as a way to level up your learning journey
There is a new way to 🌟level-up🌟on your learning journey—Learning Rooms! Learning Rooms are a space where you can connect with peers and directly engage with an expert as you learn about a new Microsoft tool or study for a certification. Happy to announce that I am partnering with Microsoft Learn to lead a private learning room- Power … Continue reading Microsoft have launched “Learning Rooms” as a way to level up your learning journey
Run Power Automate flows from your canvas apps
If you are building a Power App you might want to automate some tasks or processes within your app- such as sending an email notification, creating a document or even updating a database record based on an input from the app. How can you do that without leaving your app and switching to another tool? The answer is Power Automate within the App Studio. You can build and manage your flows right from your canvas app, without navigating away.
Boost Conversations: New GPT capabilities in Power Virtual Agents
Up to this point, bots we create with Power Virtual Agents have only been able to provide answers to the topics we set up for it. So if we want the bot to answer any question from a customer ,which could also be found on our website, it ends up being a tedious and manual task. But the latest AI capabilities for PVA transform what was once a tedious task, and makes it as simple as pasting in a URL.
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